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International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
… INMIP is an Indigenous Peoples-led network coordinated by the Peruvian indigenous NGO ANDES … learning about how to address shared challenges through empowering community-led processes. Background INMIP was established in Bhutan in … revitalisation of native fruit trees in Tajikistan, customary water management in China, the Potato Park biocultural territory in Peru, and …
Project, 27 June 2019
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IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020
Event, 17 November 2020
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Local funds for local development
… be secured? And how can financial systems be designed to support community- and local government-led urban development? A new and more ambitious finance agenda is needed if no-one is to be left behind. Community-managed funds drawn from savings groups have long had …
Publication, 01 April 2018
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Amazonian Fisheries: Socio economic issues and management implications
… methods have made it possible to meet this growing demand, they have led to concerns about the possible of extinction of certain fish species and to conflicts over the resource between commercial fishermen and rural communities. This study … in the Amazon in order to analyse policy options for fisheries management, and identifies key gaps in information on the economic, …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
… NGO working to secure human and land rights of the Indigenous Ogiek community and other Indigenous Peoples across Kenya and Africa. Kobei … of IIFB under the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management .  Here, Kobei shares how biodiversity loss and climate … for agriculture and human settlement. Loss of forest biodiversity has led to the loss of the Ogiek way of life, which was highly dependent on …
Article, 09 August 2021
Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and improved livelihoods in Africa
… A new film and book, to be launched in London on 5 October, show how community participation in development projects has led to successful agricultural change and environmental recovery in … in the possibilities and continue to invest in the greatest untapped resource in Africa: the people themselves" The film and book are aimed …
News, 01 October 2010
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CHOICES: community energy in South Africa
… The CHOICES (Community and Household Options In Choosing Energy Services) project in … 2025, including renewable energy. What did IIED do? The project was led locally by South Africa-based organisation  OneWorld , supported by research, communications and project management support from IIED, as well as additional expert contributions …
Project, 31 October 2010
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… which women are cast as a vulnerable group, placing grassroots women-led scalable solutions in policymakers’ blind spot. Promoting networks, … socially marginalised communities.  It is therefore vital to sustain community networks and maintain their visibility as drivers of … possibilities based on stories of mask-making, soapmaking, quarantine management and food distribution – exchanged by their peers.  Are …
Insight, 22 July 2020
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar
… Myanmar's small-scale fishing communities, the hilsa fish is a vital resource. The hilsa fishery sector employs an estimated 1.6 million … a transboundary hilsa fisheries management plan.   Through research led by scientists from Yangon University, the project improved … by the recommended closed seasons, and generated support at the community level. With this local ownership, the recommended reforms …
Project, 30 October 2017
A Chinese journalist interviews fellow journalists in Kenya (Photo: YiDe Media)
China-Africa relations: Fresh perspectives from Chinese journalists on environmental challenges
… whose conservation was made possible through civil society movements led by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai — one of the journalists praised … Natural resource management …
Insight, 02 May 2014